Left pull fix - latest

sounds like a crock ... If I'm running Jim Kona course in a parking lot or whatever, I do not want my car setup to go by any road camber. Funny how some dealerships not admitting to anything or playing dumb, but are all (from perosnal eperience or what I read from others) speaking same BWM language (camber, PSI, front wheel dive tourque steer, sensitive to road, etc.). Come on guys who do they think the're talking to. Even the mini's of yesterday that had a "design" flaw, unmatched front end, would only show tourque steer when nailed and that with worked engs. The cooper I rejected aside from the pull had a tourque steer (and what happens when matched with the hp of the S) and as others noted on thier's a pull to left when braking. Don't get me wrong even with this the car is incredible, but I can't believe BMW is letting these cars on the road. Aside from tire wear, one day when you really need/expect the car to go or brake straight and it pulls left BAM! Hope this is sorted out and outcome published.

PS. still anxiously awaiting my S for June delivery, as nontheless, I'm hooked!

Re: Pain in the arm

fearofmanc said:

Just wanted to thank willibobs for mentioning your aching arm. Even a few miles of Mini adventuring brings me out in upper arm aches and pains, and although it's no consolation to anybody, I feel a whole lot better that I don't seem to be alone in this, and also convinces me that I'm not wasting my dealer's time in attempting to get Tiny's potential left pull looked at.

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Sat on the M60 crawling along every morning and night is giving me a right arm like Popeye!
If you're sat at traffic lights, when the lights change set off slowly without holding the wheel, my wheel immediately turns a few degrees to the left and tries to make it's way to the side of the road. Now surely road camber doesn't have an effect over the first 10 centimetres does it?!!!!
The explanation about the springs being coiled in the wrong direction makes sense to me. If both front springs are wound anti-clockwise then under compression there will be a rotation about the central axis in the anti-clockwise direction i.e. to the left of the car.
The passenger-side spring should be wound clockwise so under compression it will rotate towards the centre of the car. If both springs have the same number of windings and are effectively mirror images of each other then the rotational forces will cancel each other out. Thus the only forces then affecting the car will indeed be the road camber.